Eric Hoffer Quotes
A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.
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I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.
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This opinion, however, is held by most, that the devil was an angel, and that, having become an apostate, he induced as many of the angels as possible to fall away with himself, and these up to the present time are called his angels.
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Bruce always had to tell a lie. He was always living that lie. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets.
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At Harvard, I got to meet and have dinner with Jamaica Kincaid. Just to have conversations with professors was absolutely amazing.
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I was fascinated with jeans, because you can impress your life upon the jeans you wear. The way you sit imprints on the jeans.
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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If somebody has too much stress about their appearance, they can overcome their inferiority complex through surgery.
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It is natural for us, as human beings, to look forward. Our eyes naturally look ahead. In this sense, we are made for moving toward a goal.
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I don't like Communism because it hands out wealth through rationing books.
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Kansas City is one of the most convenient airports in the nation.
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I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened the Democrats' spine during the health care debate. I admire the way Barack Obama has raised a dog in the White House without ever putting it on the roof of the car for a vacation drive.
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History repeats itself. So you might wanna pay attention.
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I don't feel any need to play the role of the clown. In my private life I take a break from humor.
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I don't think anyone has been slandered more than the Jews.
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Fans who drive insane amount of hours to come to a show still amazes me. I mean, it can get up to 10 hours! That's loyalty.
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All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
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Even painless research is fascism, supremacism, because the act of confinement is traumatizing in itself.
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'Satan is a tool of God's love in the sense that he forces us to see God's loving patience.' - Answers to 200 of Life's most Probing Questions
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What’s the point of being in charge if you can’t indulge in pointless favoritism.
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The State is a jealous God and will brook no rivals. Its sovereignty must pervade everyone and all feeling must be run into the stereotyped forms of romantic patriotic militarism which is the traditional expression of the State herd-feeling.
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Parodies came about because Mr. Ford was actually one of the better athletes of our presidents... but he continually had physical accidents... he was an easy target for me. The main idea was to get people laughing.
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Nothing is boring exept to people who aren't really paying attention.
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A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.
